Politifact.com: Statements from Ron Ramseyhttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/ron-ramsey/Statements from Ron Ramsey reviewed by Politifact.comen-usSat, 30 Jun 2012 13:50:52 -0400Ron Ramsey:
&quot;(Environmentalists) said &lsquo;We&rsquo;re only going to stop coal mining above 2,000 feet.&rsquo; ... Well guess where all the coal in the state of Tennessee is? Above 2,000 feet.&quot;
http://www.politifact.com/tennessee/statements/2012/jun/30/ron-ramsey/ramsey-says-all-coal-tennessee-above-2000-feet/The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Ramsey says all coal in Tennessee above 2,000 feet
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<p> For years now, state legislators have been arguing over whether to prohibit &quot;mountaintop coal mining&quot; in Tennessee and the debate is likely to continue next year since the bill failed again in the 2012 session. In the Legislature&#39;s off season, Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey spoke at a rally for coal mining supporters and criticized a central provision of the bill. &quot;(Environmentalists) said &lsquo;We&rsquo;re only going to stop coal mining above 2,000 feet.&rsquo; ... Well guess where all the coal in the state of Tennessee is? Above 2,000 feet,&quot; said Ramsey, as quoted by the Kingsport ...</p> <a href="/tennessee/statements/2012/jun/30/ron-ramsey/ramsey-says-all-coal-tennessee-above-2000-feet/">>> More</a>Sat, 30 Jun 2012 13:50:52 -0400http://www.politifact.com/tennessee/statements/2012/jun/30/ron-ramsey/ramsey-says-all-coal-tennessee-above-2000-feet/Ron Ramsey:
Claims credit for food tax reductions that &quot;previous Democrat regimes refused to make.&quot;
http://www.politifact.com/tennessee/statements/2012/may/27/ron-ramsey/tennessee-speaker-ramsey-says-republicans-delivere/The Truth-o-Meter says: Pants on Fire! | Tennessee Speaker Ramsey says Republicans delivered food-tax cut Democrats previously refused
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<p> The Tennessee Legislature last month approved a quarter-of-a-percentage point cut in the state sales tax on grocery food, effective July 1. It was part of a package of tax cuts that included a phased elimination of the estate tax by 2016 and elimination of the gift tax. In a newsletter wrapping up the 107th General Assembly emailed on Friday, May 18, state Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey said, &quot;We gave every Tennessean tax relief by again reducing the food tax &ndash; reductions previous Democrat regimes refused to make.&quot; By referring to &quot;Democrat regimes,&quot; ...</p> <a href="/tennessee/statements/2012/may/27/ron-ramsey/tennessee-speaker-ramsey-says-republicans-delivere/">>> More</a>Sun, 27 May 2012 06:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/tennessee/statements/2012/may/27/ron-ramsey/tennessee-speaker-ramsey-says-republicans-delivere/Ron Ramsey:
&quot;This year&rsquo;s redistricting has been the most open, interactive and transparent redistricting process in Tennessee history.&quot;
http://www.politifact.com/tennessee/statements/2012/feb/10/ron-ramsey/senate-speaker-repeatedly-claims-2012-redistrictin/The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Senate speaker repeatedly claims 2012 redistricting was the most open, interactive and transparent in Tennessee history
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<p> It was Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey&rsquo;s mantra &ndash; Open! Transparent! &ndash; from Jan. 4 when state legislative redistricting plans were first made public through Jan. 13 when they won final legislative approval. Starting last year, Republican legislative leaders drove home their message that their first time in complete charge of redistricting in Tennessee would result in political boundaries that were &quot;legal and fair&quot; and that the process would be &quot;the most open, interactive and transparent&hellip;in Tennessee history.&quot; Ramsey said so in various forms -- in a Jan. ...</p> <a href="/tennessee/statements/2012/feb/10/ron-ramsey/senate-speaker-repeatedly-claims-2012-redistrictin/">>> More</a>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:30:00 -0500http://www.politifact.com/tennessee/statements/2012/feb/10/ron-ramsey/senate-speaker-repeatedly-claims-2012-redistrictin/